Offscreen Notes

Yes! Film Festival

August 23rd, 2023

The Montreal Yes! Film Festival has a focus on local talent and is showcasing the 2023 crop of new talent this Saturday August 26 at the Leonardo Da Vinci Center. There are three programs of films:

Horror shorts 11:00 am-3:30 pm
Local Competition 3:30 pm-6:00 pm
International Films 6:30 pm-9:00 pm

Please note due to programming time restrictions, not all films listed are being screened. Filmmakers have already been notified of official selections.

NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTOR

Cedrick Mainville in PEANUT BUTTER
Alexis Deziel in LE MONSTER
Giuseppe Calvinisti in ELEVEN LINES
Mhohamad Ali Jawad in PINK TORERO KUSH
Shawn Baichoo in WRAITH
Nir Guzinski in BITTER SUN
NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS
Tina Mancini in BITTER SUN
Lesly Velazquez in ISABELLE WALKS WITH ANGELS
Anne-Julie Proulx in HEALTH CHECK
Myriam Lopez in ELEVN LINES
Anne-Sophie Millette in LE MONSTER
Jen Viens in WRAITH

NOMINATION FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Gabriel Despre for LE MONSTER
Maxime Divier for PEANUT BUTTER
Giuseppe Calvinisti for ELEVEN LINES
Naomi Silver-Vezina for ISABELLE WALKS WITH ANGELS
Samuel Edward Mac for WRAITH
Tommy Harvey for HEALTH CHECK

NOMINATION FOR BEST SOUND

ISABELLE WALKS WITH ANGELS
WRAITH
ELEVEN LINES
PEANUT BUTTER
TEARS OF METAL
LE MONSTER

NOMINATION FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ELEVEN LINES
PEANUT BUTTER
LE MONSTER
PINK TORERO KUSH
ISABELLE WALKS WITH ANGELS
WRAITH
HORROR NOMINATIONS

NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS

Moika Perreault in THE ILL FATED
Micheline Chartier in RED TILES
Charlotte Gagne in THE ILL FATED
Laurianne Dupuis in THE ILL-FATED
Charlotte Poitras in DIVA
Kochar Ababkir in AN ANGRY KNOCK

NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTOR

Niwar Amin in AN ANGRY KNOCK
Gabriel Caron in GALATEA
Rizgar Hama in AN ANGRY KNOCK
Jonathan Asselin in SERIAL ENCOUNTERS
Dareen Smile in AN ANGRY KNOCK
Cedric Mainville in DIVA

NOMINATION FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Remi Frechette for DIVA
Philippe Bourret for RED TILES
Stephane Turgeon for THE SCREAM
Sarbast Raza Carmiany for AN ANGRY KNOCK
Daniel Rodriquez for THE ILL-FATED
Catherine Cote-Moisescu and Jeremy Glavac for SERIAL ENCOUNTER

NOMINATION FOR BEST SOUND

THE ILL-FATED
RED TILES
THE SCREAM
GALATEA
DIVA
FUEL

NOMINATION FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

GALATEA
AN ANGRY KNOCK
THE ILL-FATED
RED TILES
FUEL
THE SCREAM